Sydney: Two saltwater crocodiles have been snapped in a vicious duel to the death in Australia, with rangers warning of the threat the giant reptiles pose.
Sandra Bell was at Lakefield National Park on the Cape York Peninsula in the country’s tropical north when she captured the moment a smaller crocodile was eaten by a much bigger one.
The larger beast grabbed the smaller one in its jaws before shaking it in the air and swallowing it whole on October 26.
A large crocodile, left, flings a smaller crocodile through the air before eating it at Catfish Waterhole in the Rinyirru National Park in Australia's Queensland state. (Photo: AP)
“This is nature at its toothiest and clawiest!,” tweeted Queensland National Parks, adding that the attack took place at a popular waterhole close to a sign on a nearby riverbank warning of crocodiles.
“So it’s a good reminder to remember to be croc wise in croc country,” it added.
Two saltwater crocodiles have been snapped in a vicious duel to the death in Australia, with rangers warning of the threat the giant reptiles pose.
Sandra Bell was at Lakefield National Park on the Cape York Peninsula in the country’s tropical north when she captured the moment a smaller crocodile was eaten by a much bigger one.
The larger beast grabbed the smaller one in its jaws before shaking it in the air and swallowing it whole on October 26.
Tourist Sandra Bell was poised to photograph a sedate scene of two crocodiles sunning themselves at the edge of an Australian waterhole when the picture unexpectedly exploded into violence. (Photo: AP)
“This is nature at its toothiest and clawiest!,” tweeted Queensland National Parks, adding that the attack took place at a popular waterhole close to a sign on a nearby riverbank warning of crocodiles.
“So it’s a good reminder to remember to be croc wise in croc country,” it added.
